It is 1951, and you are required to participate in a perception experiment. You join seven others seated in a room. You are shown a 12-inch test line and must choose the line that matches it in length from a choice of three lines. The experimenter, Solomon Asch, is studying __________.
A. bystander apathy
B. social loafing
C. groupthink
D. conformity
Answer: D
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